Tag: Goldman Sachs

Professor Greene Keynotes Penn State ENTI Minor Summer Gathering

By Michael Chmura | August 23, 2016

Patricia Greene delivered the keynote address – “Entrepreneurship Education: Global Trends and Practices” –  at the fourth annual ENTI Minor Faculty and Friends Summer Gathering on August 16-17.  Greene is the Paul T. Babson chair in entrepreneurial studies at Babson, academic director for Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses and 10,000 Women initiatives, and co-founder of the Diana Project.  ENTI…

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Graduates Of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program Continue To Outpace National Growth Averages

By Michael Chmura | May 3, 2016

This third report from Babson College highlights progress made by more than 3,500 small business owners over the span of 30 months since completing the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. With nearly triple the sample size of the program’s inaugural report, and now including data for participants two and a half years after they…

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Growth Of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses At Babson

By Michael Chmura | April 7, 2015

As we prepare for the final face-to-face session for the third cohort of the Babson-based blended model of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, it seems like a good time to report and reflect on what this program continues to mean to Babson. The Goldman Sachs Foundation asked Babson to design the curriculum for this initiative…

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Celebrating Small Business Week — Babson Style

By Michael Chmura | May 18, 2014

I love it when all my hats fit at the same time.  Thursday night’s Small Business Week reception at the Chamber of Commerce building in Washington, D.C. was a smash hit from the entrepreneurship perspective. With hats of Babson faculty member, Academic Director of Goldman Sachs 10,000  Small Businesses, and a federally appointment member of the SBA’s advisory board for the SBDC programs, this night just really worked. From…

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How Small Business Owners Can Build Community

By Michael Chmura | April 1, 2014

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (10KSB) is one of Babson College’s primary economic development programs, focused on helping small business owners grow their business.  Since 2010 Babson has been the educational partner for the program, with responsibility for program design, training faculty and business advisors across the country for program delivery, guiding the alumni program,…

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Building Entrepreneurial Cultures

By Michael Chmura | November 7, 2013

What do the  Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit,  Zappos, and Babson College have in common:  A shared  mission of building entrepreneurial cultures. I was honored and excited to again attend the annual Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit, this time held at Dove Mountain in Tuscon.  For this event GS gathers up 100 entrepreneurs (both…

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